English words for 'Infected with leprosy.'
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adj
- Infected with one of the diseases known as leprosy.
- Of or relating to one of the diseases known as leprosy.
- Similar to leprosy or its symptoms.
- relating to or resembling or having leprosy
- Having the appearance of the skin of one infected with leprosy; flaking, peeling, scabby, scurfy.
- (alchemy, historical) Of gold or other metals: contaminated with other substances; impure.
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- hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy)
- (historical, also figuratively) A building such as a hospital, or occasionally a ship, used to isolate sick people to prevent the spread of infectious diseases; a quarantine.
- (nautical) A place at the front of the tweendecks of a merchant ship where provisions are stored.
- (historical) A place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis.
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- hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy)
- a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship
- (by extension, nautical) A place at the front of the tweendecks of a merchant ship where provisions are stored.
- (also figuratively) A building such as a hospital, or occasionally a ship, used to temporarily isolate sick people to prevent the spread of infectious diseases; a quarantine.
- A place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis.
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- Ellipsis of murine leprosy or feline leprosy (“diseases caused in rodents and cats by Mycobacterium lepraemurium”).
- (pathology, medicine) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers.
- (figurative) Anything considered similarly permanent, harmful, and communicable, particularly when such a thing should be handled by avoidance or isolation of its victims.
- (medicine, now usually proscribed) Similar contagious skin diseases causing light patches of scaly skin, particularly psoriasis, syphilis, vitiligo, scabies, and (biblical) the various diseases considered "tzaraath" in the Old Testament.
- chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae
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- an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing
- (informal, countable) Any fish of the family Monodactylidae.
- (slang, UK, Australia) A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding.
- (eating disorders) A diet where someone eats only one type of food.
- (pathology, informal, uncountable) Clipping of mononucleosis.
- (category theory) Clipping of monomorphism.
- (informal) A monogamous person.
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- an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing
- (pathology) A viral infection marked by extreme fatigue, high fever, and swollen lymph nodes.
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- hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy)
- (historical, also figuratively) A building such as a hospital, or occasionally a ship, used to isolate sick people to prevent the spread of infectious diseases; a quarantine.
- (nautical) A place at the front of the tweendecks of a merchant ship where provisions are stored.
- (historical) A place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis.
noun
- hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy)
- a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship
- (by extension, nautical) A place at the front of the tweendecks of a merchant ship where provisions are stored.
- (also figuratively) A building such as a hospital, or occasionally a ship, used to temporarily isolate sick people to prevent the spread of infectious diseases; a quarantine.
- A place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis.
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- Ellipsis of murine leprosy or feline leprosy (“diseases caused in rodents and cats by Mycobacterium lepraemurium”).
- (pathology, medicine) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers.
- (figurative) Anything considered similarly permanent, harmful, and communicable, particularly when such a thing should be handled by avoidance or isolation of its victims.
- (medicine, now usually proscribed) Similar contagious skin diseases causing light patches of scaly skin, particularly psoriasis, syphilis, vitiligo, scabies, and (biblical) the various diseases considered "tzaraath" in the Old Testament.
- chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae
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- an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing
- (informal, countable) Any fish of the family Monodactylidae.
- (slang, UK, Australia) A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding.
- (eating disorders) A diet where someone eats only one type of food.
- (pathology, informal, uncountable) Clipping of mononucleosis.
- (category theory) Clipping of monomorphism.
- (informal) A monogamous person.
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- an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing
- (pathology) A viral infection marked by extreme fatigue, high fever, and swollen lymph nodes.
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adj
- Infected with one of the diseases known as leprosy.
- Of or relating to one of the diseases known as leprosy.
- Similar to leprosy or its symptoms.
- relating to or resembling or having leprosy
- Having the appearance of the skin of one infected with leprosy; flaking, peeling, scabby, scurfy.
- (alchemy, historical) Of gold or other metals: contaminated with other substances; impure.